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Lexicon :: Strong's G685 - ara

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ἀρά
Transliteration
ara (Key)
Pronunciation
ar-ah'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from αἴρω (G142)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
28x in 8 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

TDNT Reference: 1:448,75

Strong’s Definitions

ἀρά ará, ar-ah'; probably from G142; properly, prayer (as lifted to Heaven), i.e. (by implication) imprecation:—curse.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G685 in the following manner: cursing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G685 in the following manner: cursing (1x).

  1. a prayer, a supplication

  2. an imprecation, curse, malediction

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀρά ará, ar-ah'; probably from G142; properly, prayer (as lifted to Heaven), i.e. (by implication) imprecation:—curse.
STRONGS G685:
ἄρά, -ᾶς, ἡ,
1. a prayer; a supplication; much more often
2. an imprecation, curse, malediction (cf. κατάρα); so in Romans 3:14 (cf. Psalm 9:28 (Ps. 10:7)), and often in the Sept. (In both senses in native Greek writings from Homer down.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
10:7
Romans
3:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G685 matches the Greek ἀρά (ara),
which occurs 28 times in 27 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:41 - Then shalt thou be clear from my curse, for whensoever thou shalt have come to my tribe, and they shall not give her to thee, then shalt thou be clear from my oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28 - And they said, We have surely seen that the Lord was with thee, and we said, Let there be an oath between us and thee, and we will make a covenant with thee,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - then the priest shall adjure the woman by the oaths of this curse, and the priest shall say to the woman, The Lord bring thee into a curse and under an oath in the midst of thy people, in that the Lord should cause thy thigh to rot and thy belly to swell;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:23 - And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out [fn]with the water of the conviction that brings the curse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - And it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have altogether escaped the notice of her husband, then the water of the conviction that brings the curse shall enter into her; and she shall swell in her belly, and her thigh shall rot, and the woman shall be for a curse in the midst of her people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:12 - (LXX 29:11) that thou shouldest enter into the covenant of the Lord thy God and into his oaths, as many as the Lord thy God appoints thee this day;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:14 - (LXX 29:13) And I do not appoint to you alone this covenant and this oath;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:19 - (LXX 29:18) And it shall be if one shall hear the words of this curse, and shall flatter himself in his heart, saying, [fn]Let good happen to me, for I will walk in the error of my heart, lest the sinner destroy the guiltless with him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - (LXX 29:19) God shall by no means be willing to pardon him, but then the wrath of the Lord and his jealousy shall flame out against that man; and all the curses of this covenant shall attach themselves to him, which are written in this book, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:21 - (LXX 29:20) And the Lord shall separate that man for evil of all the children of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in the book of this law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:7 - And the Lord thy God will put these curses upon thine enemies, and upon those that hate thee, who have persecuted thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:31 - Whatsoever trespasses [fn]any one shall commit against his neighbour,—and if he shall take upon him an oath so that he should swear, and he shall come and make confession before thine altar in this house,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:22 - If a man sin against his neighbour, and he bring an oath upon him so as to make him swear, and he come and swear before the altar in this house;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - (LXX 10:30) were urgent with their brethren, and bound them under a curse, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given by the hand of Moses, the servant of God; to keep and to do all the commandments of the Lord, and his judgments, and his ordinances;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - (LXX 9:28) Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3 - (LXX 13:3) They are all gone out of the way, they are together become good for nothing, there is none that does good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood: destruction and misery are in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12 - (LXX 58:13) For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips, let them be even taken in their pride.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:23 - An understanding man is a throne of wisdom; but the heart of fools shall meet with curses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2 - As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:6 - Therefore a curse shall consume the earth, because the inhabitants thereof have sinned: therefore the dwellers in the earth shall be poor, and few men shall be left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:8 - A curse shall devour this counsel, for this is their counsel for the sake of covetousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:18 - (LXX 49:18) For thus saith the Lord; As my wrath has dropped upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath drop upon you, when ye have entered into Egypt: and ye shall be a desolation, and under the power of others, and a curse and a reproach: and ye shall no more see this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:22 - (LXX 51:22) And the Lord could no longer bear you, because of the wickedness of your doings, and because of your abominations which ye wrought; and so your land became a desolation and a waste, and a curse, as at this day;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:13 - And he shall take of the seed royal, and shall make a covenant with him, and shall bind him with an oath: and he shall take the princes of the land:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:16 - As I live, saith the Lord, verily in the same place where the king is that made him king, who dishonoured my oath, and who broke my covenant, shall he die with him in the midst of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - Cursing, and lying, and murder, and theft, and adultery abound in the land, and they mingle blood with blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3 - And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every thief shall be punished with death on this side, and every false swearer shall be punished on that side.
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